Safe haven, Rick Grimes

059. THIS IS THE TRADE

Chapter fifty nine

"This is the trade."

The man had left the room and as he did, Scarlett and Rick were getting dressed "I thought you said Daryl was watching him?" Scarlett asked "he was." Rick told her, putting button his pants, as Scarlett looked down seeing Rick's shirt there "so much for not talking about." she shared, crouching down and grabbing it, Rick went running out of the room and as he did, Scarlett threw his shirt on, buttoning it, she ran after him, as the two made it to the stairs, Carl was there aiming his gun at the man as he looked at them "Carl, hey, um.." Rick said.

As Carl looked back at the man, a door closed, as footsteps could be heard, Daryl, Glenn, Maggie, Michonne and Abraham ran up the stairs aiming their guns and katana at the man "everything's okay. We're all fine." Scarlett shared "you said we should talk. So let's talk." Rick told him "I need to get you a shirt." Scarlett told him, turning and walking off "you stole mine." Rick told her, as he watched her walk away.

Scarlett had gotten him a shirt, as they headed downstairs and sat around the table "so, how'd you get out?" Rick asked "one guard can't cover two exits or third floor windows. Knots untie and locks get picked. Entropy comes from order, right?" Jesus asked "right." Daryl said "I checked out your arsenal. I haven't seen anything like that in a long time. You're well equipped., but your provisions are low. Very low for the amount of people you have. Fifty five?" Jesus asked "more than that." Maggie told him "well, I appreciate the cookie. My compliments to the chef." Jesus shared "yeah, she ain't here." Daryl told him.

"Look, we got off to a bad start. But we're on the same side..the living side. You and Rick had every reason to leave me out there, you didn't. I'm from a place that's a lot like this one. Pary of my job is searching out other settlements to trade with. I took your truck because my community needs things, and both of you looked like trouble. I was wrong. Your good people. And this is a good place. I think our communities may be in a position to help each other." Jesus shared "do you have food?" Glenn asked "we've started to raise live stock We scavenge, we grow. Everything from tomatoes to sorghum." Jesus shared.

"And why should we believe you?" Scarlett asked "I'll show you. If we take a car, I can you back home in a day, and you can all see for yourselves who we are and what we have to offer." Jesus shared "wait, you're looking for more settlements. You mean you're already trading with other groups?" Maggie asked, as Jesus leaned back in the chair "your worlds about to get a whole lot bigger." he shared, as Rick turned to his left looking at Scarlett, Scarlett turned and looked at him.

Where by morning, they all were ready to take the RV out to where Jesus was from, as Scarlett walked out onto the porch, holding Judith "you know you don't have to come." Rick told her, as Scarlett looked to him "no, because you wanna know what I do when I'm here? All I do is worry about you, Carl and Judith. How I'm gonna hear Judith screaming and crying cause something or someone is hurting her. Or that Carl's gonna get shot again or go out into those woods and get bit a walker and he's never gonna come back. Or that you are gonna out there and someone like this asshole is gonna up on you and kill you all because he thinks your a bad guy." she shared.

As Rick looked at her "that's why every time you leave me, I tell you to be safe, so that just for a little while I know that your gonna make it back to me and not be dying in a field somewhere like you were when the governor was beating the crap out of you. That's why when Maggie asked if I wanted a pregnancy test I told her no because all it is, is one big reminder of how I almost lost you." Scarlett shared "I'm right here." Rick told her, putting his arm around her and hugging her, the two of them then walked down the steps, Carl was there with the gas can "you sure?" he asked "no. But if he's telling the truth, this could be the start of everything." Rick shared.